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From "The ISTE Standards" (2018):

Teachers understand and use data to drive their instruction and support students in achieving their learning goals.

2.7.a. Provide alternative ways for students to demonstrate competency and reflect on their learning using technology.

In the TE 868 course, I developed a game-based assessment tool for copyright and Fair Use concepts. Allowing students to use games or competitive activities to show their competencies is highly engaging, and replays of the game will allow for repetition/drilling of content while still bringing about unique outcomes that keep students' attention. Other examples of providing students with alternative forms of assessment can be found on other pages of this site:

Click below to view the game show assessment (must view in PowerPoint).

2.7.b. Use technology to design and implement a variety of formative and summative assessments that accommodate learner needs, provide timely feedback to students, and inform instruction.

After learning targets are determined, designing informative and worthwhile assessment activities are the next step toward effective instruction. In the EDU 6730 course at the College of St. Scholastica, I designed a series of lessons that introduced my 8th Grade students to the Java programming language. Embedded in these lessons are assessments that use provided bell-ringer activities and online integrated development environments to determine students' mastery of the learning targets. Click below to view the unit documents.

2.7.c. Use assessment data to guide progress and communicate with students, parents, and education stakeholders to build student self-direction

In 2020, while I served on the School Improvement Process Steering Team, my school adopted the eduCLIMBER platform as a centralized warehouse for all student assessment and achievement data. Using this tool, teachers and administrators have been able to gain a complete picture of a child's educational experience. We are even able to record academic interventions, IEP progress, and behavioral/social-emotional observations. While this platform may not directly impact students, the indirect benefits are numerous:

Teachers are better informed about a child's progress in other content areas, allowing them to make accommodations in their instruction that will highlight strengths and provide continual support for growth areas.
The school is better able to communicate with parents about the effectiveness of interventions as well as how attendance and behavioral trends could be impacting academic performance.
Administrators can see a holistic view of their school and are better prepared to tell the story of student achievement to stakeholders.